Overview
- Authorities located Smith on February 20 after a new tip and confirmed the 62-year-old is alive and well, requesting her whereabouts remain private.
- She was briefly taken into custody on an outstanding 2001 drunken-driving case, posted bail, and is due in Rockingham County District Court on March 26.
- No charges have been filed in connection with her disappearance, and officials have not disclosed why she left or where she lived for more than two decades.
- Her daughter, Amanda, described being excited, angry and confused in a public post and said she is unsure whether a relationship will resume.
- The case drew years of work by local, state and federal agencies and persistent family appeals through media, and some reports say she had been living in a rural community several hours away.